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Saturday fare.

Ain't she purty? 4.7 inch 40 Caliber british gun - though this one is in Spain. Man, would she look good in the Bailey!

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If you are still in need of something to do - Mike D (and I) suggest you head over to GCS Distributing - and look at some cool windows movies they done up in support of the troops. The owner is Tony Clegg, and I know from following these guys for some time now that they have worked long and hard, and spent some money (buying bandwidth) to get these things out in front of us. So, take this link and spread it around!

GCS Distributing - Celebrating our rich heritage. (Note to corporate entities - do work like this, *I'll* give ya free ads, too).

Ahhh. The return of an old friend. I *loved* running those ranges...

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CAMP AL QA'IM, Iraq - Paintsville, Ky., native Lance Cpl. Scotty R. Price, rifleman, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team - 2, fires a Light Antitank Weapon at a possible insurgent position during Operation Steel Curtain. Photo by: Sgt. Jerad W. Alexander

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Could you explain what "40 Caliber" refers to a gun that size?
 
The length if the barrel of the piece, or to be precise its barrel is forty times longer than the caliber of its diameter or 188 inches long.
 
What Chris said, or (since I'm getting questions in email), in other words: Caliber *is* the hole in the barrel. When it's written "4.7 inch 40 caliber," that means the barrel length is 40x the size of the bore, or 40x4.7"=188 inches or 15'6" (or so).
 
Good fellas! And the spokes look good, too! Seriously, I wonder how they keep the wood and brass looking like that, outdoors. Mebbee they have lots of junior apprentice people or something.
 
Where you bin, dood?
 
Oh, here and there, on the road, havin' fun, check yer email, hangin' out, etc.
 
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